Ishfaq Ahmed

Introduction

Ishfaq Ahmed has been practising at the Commercial and Admiralty Bar since October 2000 representing and advising in a wide range of commercial, shipping and employment litigation and arbitration.

Ishfaq is a Member of the Commercial Bar Association, the London Shipping Law Centre, the Employment Law Bar Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Employment Lawyers Association, the Industrial Law Society, the Institute of Employment Rights, YSIAC and of Lincoln’s Inn. He is fluent in Urdu, has a working knowledge of French and is able to read and understand some Arabic and Persian script.

Ishfaq is experienced in all aspects of employment law and related disputes, including contracts of employment (terms, restrictive covenants, interpretation and breach), dismissal (unfair and wrongful dismissal), discrimination, equal pay, redundancy, transfer of undertakings, health and safety (including stress related injury), collective labour law, family friendly rights and other statutory interventions into the employment field (including Working Time Regulations 1998, National Minimum Wage Act 1998 and the Data Protection Act 1998).

Cases include:

Advising on fairness of dismissals.

Advising on whether certain persons were “employees” or not for the purposes of employment legislation.

Representing employer on a Disability Discrimination/unfair dismissal at the London Central Employment Tribunal.

Advice on the proper construction and effect of a restrictive covenants in employment contracts.

Jurisdiction Agreements, Declarations, Damages and Compatibility with Regulation 44/2001 A critical discussion of the relationship between section 37 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 and section 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996.

Repudiatory Breach, Damages and the Ability to Perform – The Glory Wealth.

‘Clarifying forum shopping in absence of express choice’ published in Lloyd’s List on 15 December 2010

Employment law update on the cases of Nolan v United States (Court of Appeal, redundancy) and Gisda Cyf v Barrett (Supreme Court, unfair dismissal).

‘Ultimate Scope of Vice in Marine Casualties’, published in Lloyd’s List on 28 October 2010

‘Salvage Awards: the Ocean Crown’ published in International Trade and Transport Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 5